Coordinated response could reduce spread of emerging superbug in health facilities by more than 75 percent, study suggests
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
A simulation of how the so-called “superbug” carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) might spread among health care facilities found that coordinated efforts prevented more than 75 percent of the often-severe infections that would have otherwise occurred over a five-year period.